Be Prepared to Age Beautifully. How to Challenge the Most Common Signs of Aging.

Aging is a natural process. Embrace what the future holds and defy the visible signs of aging with the information, suggestions and advice below.

The Common Visible Signs of Aging:

Tired Looking Skin

There are two contributors to dull, tired looking skin: Extrinsic and Intrinsic Factors. The extrinsic factors that damage our skin include ultraviolet light, smoking and environmental irritants. The intrinsic factors that contribute to skin damage are those that occur naturally within our skin cells- cell turnover decreases, new cells don’t multiply and regenerate as they did when we were younger.

To combat the extrinsic factors, you need to keep your skin protected with moisturizers and a sunscreen that you use daily. To encourage cell turnover, procedures that gently exfoliate can give a more youthful appearance to your skin. Your treatment should include a series of peels or microdermabrasions combined with our ultrasound infusion of dermaSpa Rx skin nutrition products. You will quickly see results that last.

With time, the supporting connective tissue in our skin becomes fragmented and our skin-tone becomes lax and saggy. Non-invasive treatments have the ability to tighten these strands of collagen and stimulate the production of new and stronger collagen fibers. Ultherapy ultrasound is extremely effective for the face and neck area. Also, the Exilis procedure has the ability to tighten and shape skin and subcutaneous tissue. Topical agents are an important part of any regimen. These products are easy to use and as they nourish and supply our skin with the necessary ingredients to promote collagen development.

Hollow and sunken appearance

Avoid a sunken appearance.

As we age, our faces lose volume and the ability to manufacture new collagen. The loss of facial volume can lead to wrinkly and saggy skin and leave you with a hollow appearance. Think of your face as a triangle. When it is youthful, it is inverted-pointing downward with all the volume at the top. When we age, it becomes a true triangle with all the volume at the bottom.

Dermal fillers like Juvederm and Sculptra can be used to increase the cheek bones, fill in under-eye hollows and add roundness to the lower face—proportionally decreasing the appearance of “jowls”.

Uneven Skin Texture

Damage to the underlying collagen leads to loss of elasticity, setting the stage for poor skin tone and firmness. Early changes in skin tone and texture can be addressed with Salt Peels or Bella microdermabrasion, but a more aggressive treatment utilizing fractional laser treatments will produce long-lasting results. Treatments may consist of non-ablative fractional lasers that work on the underlying collagen or a combination of ablative and non-ablative fractional lasers to remove some of the superficial damaged epidermis.

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Crow’s Feet and Frown Lines

Smiling and squinting in the bright sunlight can prompt the development of permanent lines on your face. A smile is usually accompanied by lines radiating outwards from the corner of the eye. The area between your eyebrows tends to develop increasingly deeper creases as time goes by. This increase happens because of the frequency of the expressions we make. The underlying muscle fibers repeatedly pull the skin in a specific direction creating a fold or crease, which in time becomes permanent. A simple solution is to use Botox to paralyze the muscles that are responsible for creating the lines. The earlier you begin using Botox, the less likely lines will ever develop expression lines.

Red, mottled pigmentation often results from chronic sun exposure. Treatment with the ICON intense pulsed light system can markedly improve this condition. For the textural changes in the skin, fractional laser treatments and in some cases, Exilis treatments are recommended.

Hands

Get Younger Looking Hands!

Lentigines, incorrectly called “liver spots”, on the backs of your hands are a tell-tale sign that time is passing. Due to chronic sun exposure, flat brown spots and patches appear on the back of the hands. The skin becomes thinner and is prone to fine wrinkles. ICON intense pulsed light can remove the brown spots in one to two sessions. Juvederm, the dermal filler, and the Exilis radio frequency device can help improve the unwanted textural changes.